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Hello and welcome.

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My name is Renee Angle.

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I'm the program coordinator
here at the Poetry Center.

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I'm standing in tonight for Gail
Browne, our executive director.

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Before we began, we have
a couple of announcements.

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Please join us tomorrow at 3:30
for the next Word in Poetry,

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a panel discussion on new
trends and contemporary poetry

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featuring Monica de la Torre,
Bhanu Kapil, and Ben Lerner.

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That will take place
at the Poetry Center.

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We'll be announcing our
spring series in mid-December.

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Please check our website
for those details.

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And I'd like to thank our
sponsors for the reading

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series, the National
Endowment for the Arts

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and the friends of
the Poetry Center.

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And speaking of the friends
of the Poetry Center,

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you too can be friend us
if you haven't already.

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What better way to
stimulate Tucson's economy

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than to support programs
like tonight's reading.

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You may already be aware
of the economic impact

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nonprofit and arts organizations
have on our country's economy.

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It is significant.

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Your contributions do make
a difference, especially

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in these harsh times.

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If you have already made a
contribution, we thank you.

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And you can find a
brochure, it's blue,

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on the table in the entrance
to the theater when you come in

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if you'd like to
make a donation.

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Tonight's reading, titled
The Next Word In Poetry,

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is a special component
of our reading series.

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We invite three emerging
writers whose work

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we find particularly
intriguing to read

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and be in discussion
with us on new trends

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and contemporary poetry.

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Tonight, these poets are Monica
de la Torre, Bhanu Kapil,

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and Ben Lerner.

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They will be introduced
by graduate students

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in the creative writing
department, Meagan Lehr, Drew

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Krewer and Jamison Crabtree.

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We're going to begin tonight
with Monica de la Torre,

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and she will be
introduced by Meagan Lehr.

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[APPLAUSE]

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